sublimate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sublimate in British English:
UK [ˈsʌblɪmeɪt]
How to pronounce sublimate in American English:
US [ˈsʌblɪmeɪt]
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- Noun:
- the product of vaporization of a solid
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- Verb:
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- make more subtle or refined
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- vaporize and then condense right back again
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- Adjective:
- made pure
Word Origin
- sublimate (v.)
- 1590s, "raise to a high place," back-formation from sublimation or else from Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare "to lift up." The word was used in English from 1560s as a past participle adjective meaning "purified, refined by sublimation." Chemical/alchemical sense of "heat a solid into vapor and allow it to cool again" as a way of extracting a pure substance from dross is from c. 1600. Related: Sublimated; sublimating. As a noun from 1620s.
Example
- 1. It appeared to sublimate on contact to a precipitate .
- 2. Our commitment to sublimate the eternal rain .
- 3. Let sublimate their own lives are barely surviving from the deep life .
- 4. Sublimation randomly occurs faster in some areas than in others ; once uneven pock-marks form in the snow , they focus the sunlight , causing those areas to sublimate ever faster .
- 5. Heart of thanksgiving is willing to change our attitude , the attitude of a sincere wish to bring our habits , good habits is willing to sublimate our personality , is willing to healthy character of our beautiful life achievements !